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Author Waterhouse, Kate, 1967- author.

Title Ireland's District Court : language, immigration and consequences for justice / Kate Waterhouse.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Series JSTOR EBA.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This title asks how the apparently significant presence of non-Irish people in the District Court - Ireland's busiest court - has affected how these courts are run, and what happens when immigrants appear before the District court.
Contents Cover ; Ireland's District Court; Contents; List of tables and figures ; Preface; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Guide to extracts from District Court field notes and interviews; Introduction; Part I: The Irish District Court: its role, function and day-to-day operation ; 1 Introducing the District Court ; 2 Barristers, bench warrants and bail bonds; Part II: Immigration and the Irish District Court: changing context, new challenges; 3 LEP immigrants in Irish courts; Part III: Processing LEP defendants: bilingual cases in the Irish District Court.
4 Interpreting District Court proceedings for non-Irish defendants5 The case of the immigrant: dynamics and discourse; Conclusion; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Participants; Appendix C: Glossaries of District Court language and jargon; Appendix D: Vignette: unrepresented French defendant; Appendix E: Vignette: dismissal of Polish interpreter; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Ireland. District Court of Justice.
Ireland. District Court of Justice.
District courts -- Ireland.
District courts.
Ireland.
Immigrants -- Ireland.
Immigrants.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title University press scholarship online.
Other Form: Print version: 0719095271 9780719095276 (OCoLC)881859028
ISBN 9781847799395 (electronic book)
1847799396 (electronic book)
9781781707548 (electronic book)
1781707545 (electronic book)
0719095271
9780719095276